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A union revival waiting in the wings?

14.10.09
We are all prisoners of our own experience. People who did not work through the early 1990s could not believe there could be a recession and falling house prices. People who did not work through the 1980s do not believe we could face another outbreak of inflation. People who did not work through the 1970s cannot accept the possibility of a revival of trade union power ... more

Guided tour of financial crash in The Power of Yes

07.10.09
A National Theatre should tackle national issues, and that is certainly what David Hare's new play - The Power of Yes - does.... more

City comment: Shares' upward march: recovery or a bubble?

11.09.09
When the Asian markets collapsed in 1997, and the following year when the threatened collapse of American hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management looked set to take with it a significant slice of Wall Street, the US Federal Reserve slashed interest rates to restore market confidence. ... more

Gordon Brown and David Cameron should take a leaf out of Barack Obama’s book

14.08.09
Gordon Brown and David Cameron should publish their full summer reading lists and be damned. The reading public has a right to know... more

Financial regulation: the Governor’s role

25.06.09
The Governor of the Bank of England made clear that he had not been fully consulted about the Government’s proposals for regulatory reform of the financial sector ... more

Rights issues fees are no more than a tax on investors and companies

23.06.09
Peep peep. That's the rights issue gravy train steaming across the City, throwing off vast amounts of investors' money to any investment bank passing... more

Pound plunges on threat of rating downgrade by S&P

21.05.09
Sterling fell sharply after credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's cut its outlook for the UK on fears over ballooning levels of Government debt... more

Stephanie Flanders: How I juggle a dream job, world financial crisis and motherhood

20.05.09
You can sense that Stephanie Flanders does not suffer fools gladly. Colleagues describe her as imperious and scary. She doesn't like clichés much either. "The phrase 'green shoots' is the bane of my life," she says, wrinkling her nose ... more

We pay as RBS gives a window to protesters

02.04.09
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How to end up inside - a fool's guide to insider trading

31.03.09
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Greenspan spots ‘seeds of recovery’ in markets

30.03.09
Alan Greenspan has spoken of “seeds of recovery” for the global economy and declared stock markets around the world “have to be close to a turning point”... more

Survival of Friends looks assured

17.03.09
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Now Sir Fred enters hall of shame in US

25.02.09
Well done, Fred the Shred. Even the Americans are holding you responsible for the credit crunch.... more

There's only one way to make bankers listen to their critics

02.02.09
The reputation of bankers is at an all-time low and still they ignore the lessons of the crisis. We now need extreme measures to restore confidence... more

Hold-up for the insurers' rally

21.11.08
City comment: Insurers say they have several reasons to be optimistic... more

Obama is short of fans on Wall Street

27.10.08
The other evening I went as a guest of friends to a dinner to raise money for a hospital in New York... more

Downturn: the long haul ahead

24.10.08
Today's official figures on UK growth are expected to confirm what most people now assume: that our economy is shrinking... more

Brown didn't give bank enough power, says minister

24.10.08
Gordon Brown failed to give the Bank of England sufficient powers to ensure financial stability in Britain, the City minister admitted... more

Software boss in jail after his ‘admission’

13.10.08
Luton-born software entrepreneur Paul Johnston is in a US jail accused of stealing tens of millions of dollars from venture capitalists... more

Villains of the drama await punishment ... or reprieve

10.10.08
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Commentary: Bankers forgot mistakes of the Seventies

01.10.08
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Looking on bright side of carnage on Wall St

22.09.08
Analysis: One of life's rules is that there's bad in good and good in bad. The total collapse of the US financial system is no exception. Even in the midst of the current financial despair, we can look around and identify many collateral benefits... more

Greenspan expects more collapses

15.09.08
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Greenspan warning as insurance giant tumbles

15.09.08
Fears for the future of insurance giant AIG sent its shares crashing more than a third as Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Fed, warned more financial institutions would collapse... more

Commentary: Don't hold your breath, the West's finance system is on the rocks

15.09.08
So the worst kept secret in the City and Wall Street is out: after Lehman, Merrill was next. It was the bank causing the most anxiety, the big one, that if it collapsed, could bring the whole pack of cards crashing down. Merrill occupies a position in American society quite different from its relative obscurity here... more

Greenspan on attack over US home loans rescue deal

14.08.08
Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan has slammed the US government's handling of the bailout pledge to mortgage finance firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac... more

Greed and a trillion dollar meltdown

08.08.08
As NatWest-owners RBS today announced disastrous results, including a £5.9bn write-off, we tell what has fuelled the biggest downturn to hit London and the financial world for a generation... more

Buffett says US is in recession

27.05.08
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says the US is already in recession, presenting a gloomier view than many observers... more

Sacre bleu! That Sarko is a Sartre-free zone

25.03.08
Nicolas Sarkozy, visiting the UK this week, is said to be the least literary French president in living memory... more

Greenspan the bubble king can't stop blowing

20.03.08
There's nothing quite like the misfortunes of others to cheer us up... more

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